2) Give some examples of the different types of factual programmes on TV.
David Attenborough programmes, Good Morning Britain, Louis Theroux documentary, Geordie Shore etc, one born every minute, 24 hours in a&e
3) What is a documentary?
A programme about real life, based on lots of research including statistics and surveys to give facts and figures. They can be on absolutely anything and more popular ones are usually based on ethical issues because they are more interesting.
They represent the world in a realistic style, can still be constructed,
4) What are the different types of documentaries? Give examples to demonstrate your points.
- Reflexive Documentaries are constructed and are debatable whether they are actually documentaries or not. Shows such as Big Brother and Geordie Shore.
- Observational Documentaries, like wildlife ones where there is little interference they just film what the animals are doing. David Attenborough shows.
- Performative Documentaries make you see things from someone elses perspective e.g showing what life is like for a particular ethnicity or gender etc in their society. An example would be In The Shadow Of The Sun.
- Participatory Documentaries is where the film maker takes part in the documentary and becomes involved in the subject matter. An example would be Louis Theroux: Most Hated Family In America
5) Louis Theroux and Teen Mum High - What are the conventions of a documentary?
- Interviews
- Introduction to the subject
- Conclusion about the subject at the end
- Statistics
- Sometimes opinions from the film maker
- Film maker sometimes participates
- Voice over, usually the film maker
- Travelling to places that are related to the documentary getting real footage
- Observing things that are happening
- Cut aways
- Text with peoples names on and age etc when they are being interviewed
- Facts
- Interviews
- Key information
- Short and snappy to keep it interesting
- Title Sequence
- No opinions from the presenters on formal news
- Well spoken people who are easily understood by everyone
- Smart outfits, office wear / formal
- Distinctive music so you can recognise it's the news. Dramatic music / formal to match with the formal presenters and stories
- Studio presenters/reporters and presenters/reporters on locations relating to stories.
Accuracy - Information correct, truthful, has to be accurate otherwise what's the point?
Bias - One sided opinion, Skewing the facts in favour of something is not on in a factual programme
Representation - The way the subject/topic/facts/people are shown to the audience, misrepresentation of these things is unfair and unbalanced
Positive Values Of Factual Programmes
- They can be educational
- You get a chance to see things you might not get the chance to normally see
- Keeps you in the know of current affairs and things going on in the world
- Entertaining
- Informing the public of things we aren't aware of
- Creates empathy and urges an audience to help.
- To encourage social/political change, brings the issue to the public arena
Benefits Street
Accuracy - Participants are real so information is likely to be accurate
Bias - Biased approach to people on benefits, negative
Representation - People are represented negatively, could argue they have been misrepresented
ITV Fake footage
What effect does 'fake footage' or lying to viewers have on the reputation of a programme/channel/ documentary filmmaker?
It can make people doubt itv in the future, people won't trust them. Making a 'mistake' like this could bring viewing numbers down, and not want to watch future documentaries that itv bring out. If they lied about the footage being real then what else have they lied about in the documentary or other documentaries? They could be lying about the fact that the footage was accidentally put in there when the programme was edited together.
Accuracy - Inaccurate footage, makes them seem untrustworthy and unprofessional
Bias - Their own opinion - miss selection of clips, wanted to show him negatively so they used whatever they had
Representation - The 1988 attack is being misrepresented leading up to debates/conflicts, offensive to soldiers/ service men and women
Frozen Planet - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2073024/BBCs-little-white-lie-Polar-bear-cubs-filmed-Frozen-Planet-zoo-Arctic.html
Accuracy - Inaccurate footage, makes you wonder about any other David Attenborough.
Representation - Makes polar bears look more tame than they really are and not completely wild
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2955872/Channel-4-s-UKIP-Days-hatchet-job-receives-700-complaints.html
Accuracy -
Bias - Viewers thought that the docu-drama was highly bias against the political party and only showed them in a negative light.
Representation - It was an inaccurate representation of britain after UKIP have come into power, accused of showing israel as a far right country by showing far right protesters with an israeli flag.
Layout of Assignment
Two out comes - One is issues and two is conventions
- Define accuracy, bias and representation (p1)
- Examples of these issues in a programme : Benefits street, ITV slide, Frozen planet slide, Your own bias etc. slide - The programme showed issues of A, B, R (m1). The impact on the audience is ... (D1)
- List the conventions of a news programme (p2)
- Give examples of these conventions in BBC, Newsround, Your Own (m2)
- Why are these progs using / not using them (d2)
- Define the two modes of documentary and conventions (p2)
- Example of conventions in the imposter / stacey dooley / your own (m2)
- Why these conventions and modes are used (d2)
DEADLINE 20TH OF APRIL
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